Bottle-stopper extractor



Patented Oct. 23, 1894.

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B. W. ROBINSON. BOTTLE STOPEER BXTRAGTOR; No. 528,031.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD W. ROBINSON, OF DEERING, MAINE.

BOTTLE-STO PPER EXTRACTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 528,031, dated October23,1894.

Application filed O tob 7,1892. Serial No. 448,116. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD W. ROBINSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Deering, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-StopperExtractors; and I do hereby declare the following .to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othflat wirepassing vertically through said stop per at two points, the wire beingcountersunk into the head of the stopper, the free ends united togetherand the vertical parts of the wire being somewhat longer than the bodyof the stopper, the flat parts of the wire presented to the portion ofthe stopper lying between the vertical parts thereof.

In the drawings the loop extractor is shown in which it represents abottle, 12 a stopper and c a wire extractor. The ends of the wire passentirely through the stopper at the points 01 and are parallel with eachother or nearly so. The two ends of the wire at the bottom of thestopper are twisted or tied in a knot as shown at f. The length of thewire is somewhat greater than the length of the stopper so that when thetop or loop 9 is pressed close to the top of the stopper the part at thebottom will extend somewhat below the bottom of the stopper as shown inFig. 1, and when the wire is drawn up to form aloop to take hold ,of toextract the stopper the knotted part at the bottom is drawn against thebottom of the stopper and the topwill be raised above the top of thestopper as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The wire may be of anysuitable form but it has been found by experiment that the flat wire isvery much less liable to cut through the material than the ordinaryround wire. The advantages of this arrangement are that the wire is verymuch less liable to pull through the material without drawing thestopper. Inasmuch as the two parts of the wire pass through the stopperin nearly parallel lines, the wire may be moved up and down in thestopper and the top may be embedded in the top of the stopper and notproject above it. This is important in all cases where it is desired toseal the bottle by wax or other means to keep out the air, or to coverthe stopper with a label or ornamental device. Thestopper being made ofany elastic or yielding material readily permits the wire to be forcedthrough it and when the stopper is driven into the neck of the bottle itis pressed closely against the sides of the wire so as to prevent theingress of air and egress of the contents of the bottle between thematerial of the stopper and the wire. i I

To draw the stopper insert a sharp pointed rod under the loop or headand raise the extractor to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1,thus affording good means for withdrawing the stopper. I

Havingthus described my invention and its use, what I claim is- Thecombination with a bottle stopper, of a stopper puller consisting of asingle piece of flat wire passing vertically through said stopper at twodifferent points, said wire being countersunk into the top of saidstopper and having its two ends knotted together at the bottom, and soarranged that its flattened side will be presented to that portion ofthe stopper lying between its vertical parts, the length of the verticalpartsof said wire being somewhat greater than the length of theggtopper,as and for the purposes set forth? In testimony whereof I afiix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

ED WARD W. ROBINSON.

Witnesses: I

ELGIN G. VERRILL, Anton E. WHELAN.

